DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET?

Live 02 Mar 1973 version

[Instrumental intro]

[Spoken intro:] This is a song about New York City... 82nd Street bus. Come on!

Well, hey bus driver, keep the change, bless your children, give them names
Don't trust men who walk with canes
Drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet
Well, advertiser on a downtown train
Christmas crier busting cane, she's in love again

Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the rodeo
Tainted women in VistaVision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show

Hey, wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs
Rex said that lady left him limp
Oh, love's like that
Sure it is
And Queen of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, newly discovered lovers of the Everglades
Take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
Alright, Dan!

[Hammond organ break]
[Saxophone break]

And Mary Lou, she found out how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope
The Daily News asked her for the dope
She say, "Man, the dope's that there's still hope"

Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose
Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose to some lucky young matador
Alright

Oh la la la, oh la la, oh la
(Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, ohhh)

[Spoken outro:] Thank you.

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 02 Mar 1973 performance of DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET? at Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, CA, during what is considered the Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Tour. Springsteen performed the song in a full-band arrangement with a guitar-and-saxophone-led introduction

The 02 Mar 1973 Show

This was a double-bill show, with Bruce Springsteen opening for headliners Blood, Sweat & Tears. A 7-song soundboard recording in circulation among collectors is believed to be the complete 02 Mar 1973 performance.

Promotional ad for the 02 Mar 1973 show at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA
(Taken from Brucebase)

Ticket stub for the 02 Mar 1973 show at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA
(Taken from Brucebase)

The 02 Mar 1973 show at Berkeley Community Theatre was commercially released in Europe. Since 2005 some enterprising record labels in Europe (mostly in the UK) have been releasing Bruce Springsteen radio and TV broadcasts (and some soundboard recordings) from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Though these releases are not authorized by Bruce Springsteen or his record company, they are lawful due to a legal loophole in Europe.

Bruce Springsteen -- Greetings From Berkeley

Digital album - BKC (no catalog number) - UK, 2015

This is a download-only digital album. It contains the 02 Mar 1973 show at Berkeley Community Theatre.

Bruce Springsteen -- In Support 1973

CD - Unicorn (UNCD046) - Europe, 2021

This release contains the 02 Mar 1973 show at Berkeley Community Theatre.

References

Some of the above information is taken from Brucebase.

Available Versions

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